Posts Tagged «siri»

On IBM’s Bluemix cloud computing platform, registered developers can integrate Watson’s brainpower into their apps. As of this past week, IBM has added five more features to the Watson Developer Cloud. From speech-to-text to image analysis, devs can now accomplish even more with Watson.

With Siri and CarPlay being sold as high-profile features of Apple’s flagship product, it’s no surprise that Cupertino is doubling down on me research and development. Over the last few months, Apple has quietly hired multiple notable audio experts, and that leads me to believe that we’re in for some serious audio processing improvements in the next couple of years. Is an offline version of Siri in the works, or is Apple working on something even bigger?

Thanksgiving is a wonderful day dedicated to spending time with your friends and family, but many of us are overwhelmed by all of the stress associated with a holiday this big. Plans need to be made, dinner needs to be cooked, and everything needs to get wrapped up right before an all-out shopping bonanza. Thankfully, we have technology at our disposal that can help alleviate some of the holiday stress. In preparation for America’s favorite holiday, I’ve come up with six ways to use gadgets and the internet to get things done more efficiently, and help us all enjoy ourselves just a little bit more.

At the Build 2014 conference keynote in San Francisco, Microsoft’s Terry Myerson and Joe Belfiore have kicked off things by giving us more details about Windows 8.1 Update 1, and officially unveiling Windows Phone 8.1.

Start your engines, Apple has finally released iOS 7.1. While this point-release offers a handful of tweaks and bug fixes, the biggest news is undoubtedly the official CarPlay support. The phone, music, maps, and messages apps are all accessible through CarPlay, and even third-party audio apps like Downcast or Pandora can benefit from this system going forward. The update itself weighs in at a hefty 214MB, so you’ll definitely want to wait until you’re near a wall outlet before you tap “Update.”

New footage shows the first images of Microsoft’s new Siri- and Google Now-competitor in action — though details are still lacking in the lead-up to its unveiling alongside Windows Phone 8.1. There’s reason to be skeptical here, and not just because this feature’s fictional Halo namesake was most recently seen going insane due to poor programming: Never forget that this is the company that brought you Clippy, the dreaded “helpful” Office paperclip.

When Apple first debuted Siri, the tech world was taken aback — we might finally get a chance to live in a science fiction future where little pocket robots do our bidding when we yell at them. In practice, Siri has been a mixed bag of results. Intel is working on its own version of Siri, but is avoiding using the cloud because that will make the product much better.

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